Celebrate National Wine Day with Your Furry Pal And A Glass of Pet-Friendly Wine!
If you’re a wine lover, I’ve got great news for you – May 25th is National Wine Day! It’s the perfect opportunity to crack a bottle of your favourite merlot, pour yourself a glass and enjoy a drink with your best furry friend. That’s right – today we’re talking about pet-friendly wine!
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It has been said: The best wines are the ones we drink with friends.
However, if you consider your cat or dog to be your best friend, you may be feeling a little left out… Drinking together isn’t the same when your drinking buddy has nothing more than a bowl of water.
(Does it count as drinking alone if your four-legged friend is in the room?)
Good news! In 2015 a company out of Colorado came up with the solution! Inspired by his two adorable cats Apollo and Hades, Brandon created his first bottle of ‘cat wine’, a liquid catnip that provided cats everywhere with a bit of the fun that we experience after a bottle of wine (you know the feeling I’m talking about).
Brandon got his big break in 2017 when he appeared on the popular reality show ‘Shark Tank’, landing a deal with investor Kevin O’Leary. Pet-friendly wine was now making the headlines!
Today, Apollo Peak sells a variety of dog and cat wines, opening the door for you to enjoy a perfect ‘night in’ with your pet!
Each of the pet-friendly wines sold by Apollo Peak has an adorable cat or dog-inspired name like Pinot Meow Cat Wine, Moscato Cat Wine and Chardognay Dog Wine.
The names alone are enough to bring a smile to your face!
Not a wine drinker? With companies like Bowser Beer and Snuffle Dog Beer, anyone can enjoy a drink with their furry best friend!
Cheers!!!
Has your pet ever tried a cat wine or doggy brew? If not, would you pick up one of these products to share a drink with your pet?
I want to hear YOUR thoughts in the comments below!
This is so cute! My furry guy needs to try a doggy brew. Of course, he’d love a pizza to go with it! Thanks for the recommendation.
I told my husband that he obviously needs to get doggy brew if he’s going to be a dog dad and a craft beer blogger! Lol
I don’t have a cat, but honestly, I wish I did have one to drink wine with!
Isn’t the idea too cute?
Wine for pets is so fancy. You have to wonder if the pets like it.
Based on the description of how it started (a ‘liquid catnip’) I am pretty sure mine would love all of them haha
This is so cute! Thanks for the rec!
Isn’t it? I love the idea of enjoying a drink with the pets hahaha
Haha, I might have to get this for my cats. I’ll have to see if they like it. I am sure they will!
I couldn’t stop laughing when I first discovered it!
I had no idea that national wine day was a thing, but I am loving it! My pupper loves to just hang out with me, and we need to try that dog wine!
My dogs are the same – they are happiest when they are with us, regardless of what we may be doing.
Awww this is so cute! I don’t have any pet right now but enjoying a glass of wine or two with one sounds really fun!
Right? I hadn’t heard of it before discovering this company but now I feel like I need to make it happen – especially while on lockdown lol
I found this one cute, merely special for pet lovers. We don’t have this tradition in our country. Glad I knew that there’s such thing which exist.
It’s not a very common tradition here either but I definitely see this catching on!
Cannot believe I missed Wine Day – will have to make up for it haha
Definitely have to make up for it – maybe toast double, both to toast wine day and to toast being late for wine day 😉
Now I’ve seen it all, pet-friendly wine! As an avid wine drinker, I definitely will be toasting our furry friends.
Isn’t it fun? It’s that thing that I didn’t know I needed in my life! Lol
I have seen these before but I’ve never bought them. I might have to get some for my cats to try!
Lauren | https://www.laurenyloves.co.uk/
I think right now, more than ever, I find myself tempted to have a drink with the pets hahaha
Wow! I had no idea there were wines and other brews that you could enjoy with your pet. Now, if you give my dog some cheese and crackers to go with it, she’ll be in heaven.
Right? I’m sure my pups would be on board for that too. They LOVE cheese lol
I mean, do we need a national day in order to drink wine?! HA! But I really had NO idea they had wine and brew for pets, that’s so adorable!
Definitely not, but it’s a GREAT excuse!
I love this! My cat could use some wine for sure!
Isn’t it fun?
I would love to have some cat wine!!! I wonder how my cats would like the taste?
Given the fact it’s apparently a liquid catnip, I think a lot of them would!
You guys have a national wine day??? How soon can I move to Canada when flights are a thing again please? Hugo loves a tiny drop of the human stuff every now and then but we started getting him doggy wine recently and he loves it. The brand we have here is called Pawsecco which I think is absolutely adorable x
Sophie
I believe it started in the United States, but it’s not uncommon for Canadians to embrace American holidays lol
Oh. My. Gosh. Never have I heard of this, and now I NEED some! This would be the perfect night in for me and my cat! Maybe he’d be less mean with some wine too! Wow! I seriously can’t wait to try this!
Isn’t it amazing? I got WAY too excited when I discovered it!
??Wow it seems quite interesting and funny… i haven’t knew of this culture before as well as of the wine…
I was surprised how long it’s been around without anyone really knowing about it!
My goodness, I had no idea about this, never heard of wine for pets or for that matter any of the brews you mentioned. I don’t know if its yet available in my country, but if yes, I am sure a lot of my friends who have cats would love it.
I think a lot of them offer to ship – being it’s not actual alcohol, they aren’t restricted the same.
Ok, I will definitely have to check this wine out! I always drink with my cat, Henry, and I’m sure he would love to try some too!
It’s such a fun way to include your furry friends, isn’t it?
Great post! Thanks for sharing~
Thank you!
I never knew there wine for pets. I doubt we ever try it because my husband and I don’t drink at all so our pups automatically go into same category
I think it’s such a cute idea. I mean, obviously there’s no actual alcohol in it as that would be unhealthy for the animals, but the idea that there’s a ‘drink’ that they can enjoy is super cute!
Oh wow how cool is this. Pet friendly wine, I know many people who will just love this for sure x
Isn’t it great? I love that we can have a bit of fun with our pets like this!
I’ve bought my boyfriend’s sister-in-law “champagne” for her cat for New Year’s before. Such a cute idea!
That’s such a fun way to ring in the New Year! I might just have to do something similar this year…
This is such a fab idea! It will be a great time with people and their pets.
Right now with all the restrictions in place, our pets are the reliable friends that we can keep hanging out with haha